PARIS — Lacrosse may soon be coming to Oxford Hills Middle School, thanks to an active group of parent volunteers who received consent to proceed with a lacrosse club from the SAD 17 Board of Directors at Monday night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. “The hockey club started very similar,” said Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal […]
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This week’s agenda
Tuesday Buckfield: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Conservation Committee, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Wilton: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Public Safety building, 874 Main St. Wednesday Newry: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Policy and […]
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Oxford County commissioners nominate Bethel man to LUPC
PARIS — On Nov. 4, the Legislature’s Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry will hold a hearing to vet Oxford County’s nomination of Robert A. Everett of Bethel to the Maine Land Use Planning Commission. If appointed, Everett will replace governor’s appointee Durward Humphrey, whose term expires Nov. 4. Until several years ago, the commission, known […]
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Paris board rejects petition a second time
PARIS — The second time was not the charm for a citizens’ petition to cap the town’s tax rate at the state average. Paris selectmen again voted 3-2 Monday night, defeating a motion to bring resident and business owner Scott Buffington’s petition to an open town meeting. Voting for the motion were Vice Chairman Mike Risica, […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris man indicted on marijuana charges
PARIS — Richard R. Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road in Paris was indicted Oct. 16 on charges of possessing more than a pound of marijuana and cultivating 100 or more marijuana plants. The charges come more than a year after police seized 18 pounds of marijuana and 173 plants from two King Hill residences in […]
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Two charged with dealing heroin in Paris
PARIS — Police said a raid at a home on Gary Street on Oct. 20 netted 28 grams of heroin and two men, who were charged with dealing the drug. Frederick Ryan, 37, of 89 Gary St. in Paris and Shawn Estabrook, 36, of 305 Ahonen Road in Otisfield were taken into custody and booked at […]
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Students show their enthusiasm to ‘Aspire Higher’
PARIS — About 4,000 Oxford Hills School District students, staff and others marched down Main Street on Wednesday morning to show their enthusiasm to aspire higher, as scores of family members, friends and the business community came out to line Main Street in support. The parade, which set off from the Oxford Hills Middle School […]
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Paris citizens learn about budget
PARIS — Residents interested in municipal finances met at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on Monday evening to discuss the town budget and to hopefully leave with a better understanding of what all the numbers mean. Attendees were feeling the pinch of higher taxes, in part, because of a recent revaluation of properties, a decrease […]
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Police present commissioners with state of the county
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners met with municipal police chiefs, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant and his deputies Tuesday to discuss the state of law enforcement in the county. Each attendee shared his or her concerns about the ramifications to smaller municipal police departments should the Oxford County Jail ever close as a result of recent […]
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SAD 17 committee reviews resolutions
PARIS — The majority of School Administrative District 17 directors agreed they can’t support a resolution that will give school districts more flexibility to spend “late” general purpose aid for schools. The resolution is one of four that will be before representatives to the Maine School Board Association conference on Oct. 22. Under current law, […]